[83204] in Cypherpunks
Re: More on crypto from Bonn
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Thu Jul 17 00:02:56 1997
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 07:35:37 -0700
To: "C. Harald Koch" <chk@utcc.utoronto.ca>
From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: Donald Weightman <dweightman@Radix.Net>, declan@well.com,
rah@shipwright.com, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <97Jul9.143005edt.11649@janus.tor.securecomputing.com>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
>> What's a "potential" terrorist?
>I suspect "potential terrorist" is like "alleged criminal"; it's a CYA
>statement.
No, they're much different. An "alleged criminal" is a specific person who
may have really done something illegal, but you're covering yourself
against lawsuits because you haven't yet proven they're guilty in court.
A "potential terrorist" is a bogeyman to scare the public with,
who may or may not exist, and who hasn't done anything scary himself yet.
An "alleged terrorist" is a specific person who may be the one who did some
terrorist action.
On the other hand, a gang of thugs threatening to destroy all life
on the planet are simply referred to as "The Pentagon"....
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